Toy pistol



C. A. BAILEY.

TOY PISTOL. APPLICATION4 FILED Dic.3o,`19m.

l Patented June 24, 1919.'

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To all whom 'it mag/:concern Y Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BAILEr, Ia

' Vcitizen ofthe United States, Yand a resident of Cromwell, in thecounty of Middlesex and .Stateof Connecticut, have invented a new andImproved `'Ioy Pistol, of which the fol- 'lowingis a specification.

, My invention relates to the class of toys used for detonating socalled paper caps,

and an object of my invention, among others,

is to provide sucha toy that shall be exy. tremely simple in itsconstruction and operation. Y Y

One form of toy embodying my invention and in the construction and useof which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may beattained,is illustrated in the accomj panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aside view of my improved f toy pistol.

Fig. 2 is a top Yplan view with parts i broken away to showconstruction, and with Y the percussion plate. in its retractedposition.

- In the accompanying drawings the numeral indicates the frame of myimproved Y `pistol that may be constructed of any suitable metal, .andthat preferably comprises a Web 6 located at one side of a planeextending vertically through the pistol lengthwise thereof, a flange 7projecting slightly beyond this web at the top and on one side thereofand a ange 8, similarI tothe ange 7 pro,-

' A jectin'gfrom the opposite side of said web 5. i 'Y Y U-bend in thespring passes underneath a notch in a lug 14 projecting from the web 6,

along the top and back to form a housing ,for'the working parts of thepistol. These working parts include a cap wheel 9 pivotally mounted on astud l() projecting from the inner face of the web 6. This cap wheel hasrecesses 11 formed-'about its to receive the paper caps.

periphery A percussion plate l2 is slidably mounted on the frame withvadetonating lip 13V at its rear end.V A spring 16, preferably of U-shape, has one bent end projecting into a recess 4L inthe lipy or hammerhead 13. The

fand the Vend of the spring opposite that engaging the percussion plate12 is bent to rest with one edge at least in a notch formed in l. theyside of a lug 15, the notches in the two y, lugs together with the bentends of the '4 spring securely holding the spring in place the springprojecting into a recess in the hammer head also supports the rear endof lthepercussion plate 12 and holds it in place.

l applicati@ mea December 3o, 191s. :l sriai No. 268,836.

' In its forward position, `the lip 13 is located in-one ofthe recesses11. The plate has an offsetv part17 atitsforward end terminating in alinger 18 that projects through a slot 19 in the web 6,' this fingerprojecting Vforwardly and serving to hold this end of the plate inposition. A trigger 20 projects from the lower edge of the plate, towardits front end, and a shield 21 also constituting a part of the plate,projects from its lower edge to at least partially cover the cap wheel9.

A notch 22 is formed in the lower edge of the slot 19 to receive theoffset part 17 of the plate and hold the latter in its rearwardposition. The offset part is released from the notch by pressure on thetrigger 20, and when so released the spring 16 will force the platequickly forward causing the lip 13 te strike a cap and explode it.

A detent 23 is formed on the lower edge of the shield 21, this detentextending inwardly to' engage the prongs 24 forming the recesses 11 onthe cap wheel. As the plate is forced backwardly the detent will engagea projection and rotate the wheel one step, and in the forward movementof the plate the detent will spring outwardly and slip past the nextprojection on the wheel.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I havedescribed the principles of operation of my invention, together with thedevice which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof;but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is onlyillustrative, and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

I claim:

1. In a toy pistol, a frame, a cap wheel rotatably mounted on the frame,a plate movably mounted on the frame and on the opposite side of thewheel from the frame, said plate having a detonating lip positioned tostrike caps on the cap wheel, and means for temporarily holding theplate in its rearward position.

2. In a toy pistol, a frame having a recess opening to one side, a capwheel rotatably mounted in said recess, a plate movably mounted on theframe and forming a cover for said recess, said plate having adetonating lip positioned to strike caps on the cap wheel, and means fortemporarily holding the plate in its rearward position.

3. In a toy pistol, a frame, a cap Wheel rotatably mounted on the frame,a plate latter at its rear end.

4. A Y cap' holding 'Wheel turning Von `u" een= Y* tml axis, incombination WithY agslideblymounted detonating plate having a liptostrike into cap pockets infsvaid. Wheel, At0- gethe'r with suitablemeohanioalfmeansgoon- Y .Y

necting said plate and Wheel tomove., the

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